Third Visit

Well, we didn’t get to go to A’Mews last week because J’s Dad didn’t feel that well but we have rescheduled for next Friday. I was nervous phoning up at the last minute to cancel but Dani was wonderful about it and said it was no problem to change the reservation by a week. Thank god for good service. Now I can start looking forward to thi wonderful meal all over again. There's a lot to be said for delayed gartification.

What we did do was head back to Clarendon Forest Retreat at the weekend with J’s parents. This has become a real favourite with us. We were there this time last year with J’s parents and last November with my parents. The big draw card is that we can bring the dog with us and he absolutely loves it there. We hire two cottages that are about 200meters apart and the dog spends the weekend running between the two houses. He is in his element. The first time we got the food catered from local restaurants. It was good but not great. So when we went with my parents I made a point of cooking the food myself. This time we had the best of both worlds. I whipped up a very simple meal on the Friday night when we arrived and then we got the Saturday night catered. J’s Dad organised it all so I’m not sure where he ordered from but my god did he do well. At 7:00pm, as I lounged in the Jacuzzi with a cheese platter and a glass of bubbly on the side (yes it really is a tough life), there was a delivery of two magnificent seafood platters. The selection on the platter was out of this world. Crab, lobster mornay, oysters and prawns all of top quality. This was a dinner fit for a fisherman’s king. And the best bit was not a single bit of cooking was required cos we all know about my recent lack of interest in cooking.

We had a great little adventure weekend with J’s parents. You would not believe they were grand parents when they are hopping on quad bikes, zipping down toboggan rides and splashing off the end of massive water slides. On the Sunday the sun graced us so we took to the water. We hired a small sail boat and motorboat and zipped around on Smith Lake. Then the boys headed off for some more adventurous sailing, helping a guy crew a much bigger sail boat (you can tell I know all the technical sailing terms). J'sMum & I headed for a marathon walk along the beach with the dog. Is there anything more rejuvenating then a walk along the beach? Forster is a great spot to go on holidays to and I look forward to going back already.